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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning have made it possible for people all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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